Method and device for browsing network data, and storage medium

ABSTRACT

Disclosed are a method and a device for browsing network data, and a storage medium, and the method is operable on a device for browsing network data and includes: requesting for acquisition of network data, which includes thumbnail media data used for the thumbnail display of original media data; acquiring the thumbnail media data and data amount information of the original media data corresponding to the thumbnail media data; and displaying the thumbnail media data and the data amount information. By the disclosure, a user of an Internet terminal may obtain the relevant information of the original media data, so that unnecessary data acquiring operations by the user may be reduced, the waste of network traffic is reduced and the standby time of the Internet terminal is prolonged.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to and is a continuation application ofPCT/CN2014/079598, filed on Jun. 10, 2014 and entitled “METHOD ANDDEVICE FOR BROWSING NETWORK DATA, AND STORAGE MEDIUM”, which claims thebenefit and priority of Chinese Patent Application No. 201310256687.0,entitled “METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BROWSING NETWORK DATA” and filed on Jun.25, 2013. The entire disclosures of each of the above applications areincorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of Internet technologies,and in particular, to a method and a device for browsing network data,and a storage medium.

BACKGROUND

With the development of Internet technologies, information acquiringmanners and communication manners are greatly enriched by variousnetwork applications. To improve the speed of acquiring network data inthe Internet field, the network transmission speed is improvedcontinually via developing communication technologies, and at the sametime, the efficiency of acquiring information by terminal equipment isimproved by lowering the amount of data to be transmitted. For example,in the prior art, original media data (for example, an image or a video)in web page data or other network data (e.g. blog or micro-blog data) istypically replaced with thumbnail media data (i.e., an image, a video,or a part of a video with a less data amount), thereby reducing theoverall data amount of the web page data or other network data, andimproving the data acquiring speed. At the same time, a link to theoriginal media data is further embedded in the web page data or othernetwork data, so that any user interested in the original media data mayacquire the original media data according to the link. Such a networkdata browsing manner has been widely applied in the various existingInternet applications.

However, the existing network data browsing manner is not favourable fora traffic-sensitive user to acquire network data; moreover, it mayhappen to a user acquiring the original media data that the acquiredmedia data is undesired for browsing, as a result, meaningless powerconsumption is caused by the data acquisition at the Internet terminalequipment, and the standby time of the Internet terminal equipment isshortened.

SUMMARY

Therefore, embodiments of the disclosure put forward a method and adevice for browsing network data, and a storage medium, to reduce thenetwork traffic waste caused for browsing network data and prolong thestandby time of Internet terminal equipment.

On a first aspect, an embodiment of the disclosure provides a method forbrowsing network data, and the method is operable on a device forbrowsing network data and includes:

requesting for acquisition of network data, which includes thumbnailmedia data used for the thumbnail display of original media data;

acquiring the thumbnail media data and data amount information of theoriginal media data corresponding to the thumbnail media data; and

displaying the thumbnail media data and the data amount information.

On a second aspect, an embodiment of the disclosure provides a devicefor browsing network data, and the device includes:

a requesting unit, configured to request for acquisition of network datawhich includes thumbnail media data used for the thumbnail display oforiginal media data;

an acquiring unit, configured to acquire the thumbnail media data anddata amount information of the original media data corresponding to thethumbnail media data; and

a displaying unit, configured to display the thumbnail media data andthe data amount information.

In the embodiments of the disclosure, the data amount information of theoriginal media data is acquired, and both the data amount informationand the thumbnail media data are displayed for a user of an Internetterminal equipment, so that the user may obtain the relevant informationof the original media data, and unnecessary data acquiring operations ofthe user may be reduced, thereby reducing the network traffic waste andprolong the standby time of the Internet terminal equipment.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a typical data processing systemapplicable to the method for browsing network data according to anembodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method for browsing network data accordingto an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a network system applicable to themethod for browsing network data according to an embodiment of thedisclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an illustrative web page displayedby the method for browsing network data according to the embodiment ofthe disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a method for browsing network data accordingto another embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of another network system applied to themethod for browsing network data according to an embodiment of thedisclosure;

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of a method for browsing network data accordingto still another embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a flow chart of a method for browsing network data accordingto yet still another embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing the illustrative web pagedisplayed at a terminal through the method for browsing network dataaccording to the yet still another embodiment of the disclosure; and

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a device for browsing network dataaccording to a further embodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

The technical solutions of the disclosure will be further illustratedbelow via specific embodiments in conjunction with the drawings.

The system shown in FIG. 1 is an example of a typical data processingsystem applied to an embodiment of the disclosure. It may be understoodby one skilled in the art that, although a plurality of components of adata processing system are illustrated in FIG. 1, the data processingsystem is not limited to any specific architecture or componentconnection modes. It should be further noted that a network computer andother data processing systems that contain more or less components maybe applied to the disclosure.

As shown in FIG. 1, a data processing system 10 includes a bus 11. Amicroprocessor 12, a volatile storage 13 and a nonvolatile storage 14and/or a mass storage 15 are all connected to the bus 11, to exchangedata and communicate with each other via the bus 11. The microprocessor12 may be an independent processor, or one or more processor groups. Thebus 11 further connects the above components of the data processingsystem 10 to a display controller 16, a display device and aninput/output (I/O) device 17. The input/output (I/O) device 17 at leastincludes a network interface that is configured to receive and transmitnetwork data in a wireless or wired mode, and further includes at leastone of a mouse, a keyboard, a modem, a touch input device, a gestureinput device, a printer and other devices well-known in the art.Typically, the input/output device 17 is connected with the system viaan input/output controller 18.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the volatile storage 13 in thecomputer system 10 is also referred to as a memory, which has acharacteristic of fast data read/write speed; specifically, the volatilestorage 13 may be implemented by a Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM),which is required to be continuously powered so as to update or maintainthe data in the storage. In an embodiment of the disclosure, a storageregion is arranged in the volatile storage 13 as a buffer region forbuffering data.

Generally, the data stored on the nonvolatile storage 14 will stillpresent even after the shortage of power to the storage, and thenonvolatile storage 14 may include, for example, a Read-Only Memory(ROM) and a Flash Memory. Typically, the nonvolatile storage 14 is usedfor storing a program necessary for system startup, or other programs.

Generally, the mass storage 15 may be a magnetic hard disk or an opticaldisk, or other types of storage systems for storing mass data. Incertain cases, the mass storage 15 may be replaced by a Flash memorywith a large data capacity. The mass storage 15 can keep the mass dataafter the system is powered off. Although the mass storage 15 is shownin FIG. 1 as a local equipment directly connected with other componentsof the data processing system, it should be understood by one skilled inthe art that a remote mass storage, such as a network storing deviceconnected with the data processing system via a network interface suchas a modem or an Ethernet interface, may be alternatively used in thedisclosure. The bus 11 may include one bus, or more buses connected witheach other via a plurality of bridges, controllers and/or adapterswell-known in the art. In the embodiments, the I/O controller 18includes a universal serial bus (USB) adapter for controlling peripheralUSB equipment, an IEEE1394 controller for controlling peripheralIEEE1394 equipment, or a Bluetooth controller for controlling peripheralBluetooth equipment, and a peripheral equipment controller applicable toother peripheral equipments.

Examples of typical data processing systems that may be used in theembodiments of the disclosure have been described above. It may beunderstood by one skilled in the art that the above data processingsystems may be formed in different forms based on the abovearchitectures, for example, formed as a mobile phone, a tablet computer,an ultrabook computer, a desktop computer, a Moving Picture ExpertsGroup Audio Layer III (MP3) player or a Moving Picture Experts GroupAudio Layer IV (MP4) player.

It may be understood by one skilled in the art that all or a part ofsome embodiments of the disclosure may be implemented via a computerprogram. That is, the embodiments of the disclosure may be implementedin the computer system 10 or other data processing system by executing asequence of instructions contained in a storage by the processor of amicroprocessor, herein, the storage may be a volatile storage or aremote storing device. In embodiments of the disclosure, a hardlinecircuit may be combined with software instructions so as to implementthe embodiments. Thus, the present disclosure is not limited to anyspecific combination of hardware circuits and software, or limited toany specific instruction source executed by the data processing system.Additionally, in the detailed description of embodiments, variousfunctions and operations are described to be executed via computer codesor initiated by computer codes so as to simplify the description, whichmeans that the function may be implemented by executing codes via aprocessor, as understood by one skilled in the art.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method for browsing network data accordingto an embodiment of the disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2, the method isoperable on a device for browsing network data and includes thefollowing Steps 210 to 230.

Step 210: requesting for acquisition of network data which includesthumbnail media data used for the thumbnail display of original mediadata.

Specifically, the network data may be web page data or micro-blog dataintended to be provided to a client for use. In a preferred embodiment,the original media data may be image data, and the thumbnail media datamay be thumbnail image data, which has a less image size and a less dataamount in comparison with the original image, to favourably reduce thetotal data amount of the network data and increase the network datareading speed on the terminal side.

In another preferred embodiment, the original media data may be videostream data, and the thumbnail media data may be the thumbnail imagedata of the video stream data, where the thumbnail image data may beused to partially display the content of a certain frame of the videostream data; furthermore, the thumbnail image data apparently has anless data amount, to favourably reduce the total data amount of thenetwork data and increase the network data reading speed on the terminalside.

Step 220: acquiring the thumbnail media data and the data amountinformation of the original media data corresponding to the thumbnailmedia data.

A schematic diagram of a network system implementing this embodiment isshown in FIG. 3. A terminal 31 is connected via a network to a networkdata server 32 for storing network data. The original media data may bestored on the network data server 32, or stored on other servers thatcan be accessed via the network. In this embodiment, the thumbnail mediadata and the data amount information of the original media datacorresponding to the thumbnail media data are bound and stored on thenetwork data server 32, so that the terminal can obtain the data amountinformation of the original media data bound with the thumbnail mediadata when acquiring the thumbnail media data via a preset interface.

Thereby, both the thumbnail media data and the data amount informationof the original media data that is bound to the thumbnail media data inadvance are acquired at Step 220.

The present embodiment, which applies certain requirements on the datastored on the server 32, is more applicable to a situation where networkdata is provided by a server dedicated for Internet applications, forexample, a situation where network data is provided to a microblogterminal by a server dedicated for microblog.

Step 230: displaying the thumbnail media data and the data amountinformation.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, when the network data is displayed,the data amount information of the original media data corresponding tothe thumbnail media data is displayed below the thumbnail media data,for the reference by a user, so that the user may determine whether tofurther acquire the original media data corresponding to the thumbnailmedia data according to the data amount information.

In this embodiment, the data amount information of the original mediadata is acquired and both the data amount information and the thumbnailmedia data are displayed for a user, so that the user of an Internetterminal may be aware of the relevant information of the original mediadata, to reduce unnecessary data acquiring operations of the user,thereby reducing the waste of network traffic and prolonging the standbytime of the Internet terminal.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a method for browsing network data accordingto the another embodiment of the disclosure. As shown in FIG. 5, themethod is operable on a device for browsing network data and includesthe following Steps 510 to 540.

Step 510: requesting for acquisition of network data which includesthumbnail media data used for the thumbnail display of original mediadata.

Specifically, the network data may be web page data or micro-blog dataintended to be provided to a client for use. In a preferred embodiment,the original media data may be image data, and the thumbnail media datamay be thumbnail image data, which has a less image size and a less dataamount in comparison with the original image, to favourably reduce thetotal data amount of the network data and increase the network datareading speed on the terminal side.

In another preferred embodiment, the original media data may be videostream data, and the thumbnail media data may be the thumbnail imagedata of the video stream data, where the thumbnail image data may beused to partially display the content of a certain frame of the videostream data; furthermore, the thumbnail image data apparently has anless data amount, to favourably reduce the total data amount of thenetwork data and increase the network data reading speed on the terminalside.

Step 520: acquiring the thumbnail media data and address information ofthe original media data corresponding to the thumbnail media data.

A schematic diagram of a network system implementing this embodiment isas shown in FIG. 6. A terminal 61 is connected via a network to anetwork data server 62 for storing network data. The original media datamay be stored on the network data server 62, or stored on other serversthat can be accessed via the network. Particularly, through the network,the terminal 61 may be connected to an information acquiring server 63for acquiring the relevant information of the original media data. Inthis embodiment, the server 62 does not need to bind and store thethumbnail media data and the data amount information of the originalmedia data corresponding to the thumbnail media data in advance. Tofacilitate accessing the original media data by the user, the networkdata including the thumbnail media data typically further includes theaddress information of the original media data, which directs to aserver on which the original media data is stored, so that a browser oran Internet application client may access the original media data viathe address information of the original media data.

Step 530: acquiring data amount information of the original media dataaccording to the address information.

The terminal 61 may conveniently acquire the data amount information ofthe original media data via the address information of the originalmedia data. In a preferred embodiment, the terminal 61 sends theacquired address information to the information acquiring server 63,which then acquires the data amount information of the original mediadata by accessing the server stored with the original media dataaccording to the address information, and returns the data amountinformation to the terminal 61. In this way, the data amount informationof the original media data is acquired via the information acquiringserver 63 uniformly, so that the server stored with the original mediadata does not need to be accessed repeatedly in the case that differentterminals 61 request for the data amount information of the sameoriginal media data; thereby improving the processing efficiency.

In another preferred embodiment, the terminal 61 may directly requestfor the acquisition of the data amount information of the original mediadata from the server stored with the original media data. In this way,the terminal 61 acquires the data amount information withouttransferring by the information acquiring server 63, so that the speedof the acquiring process may be improved.

Because no change is required for the network data server 62 storing thenetwork data in this embodiment compared with that in the prior art,this embodiment has wider applicability and may be applicable to asituation in which a web page is browsed via a network browser.

Step 540: displaying the thumbnail media data and the data amountinformation.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, when the network data is displayed,the data amount information is displayed below the thumbnail media data,for the reference by the user, so that the user may determine whether tofurther acquire the original media data corresponding to the thumbnailmedia data according to the data amount information.

In this embodiment, the address information of the original media datais acquired and then the data amount information of the original mediadata is acquired according to the address information, and both the dataamount information and the thumbnail media data are displayed for auser, so that the user of an Internet terminal may be aware of therelevant information of the original media data, to reduce unnecessarydata acquiring operations of the user, thereby reducing the waste ofnetwork traffic and prolonging the standby time of the Internetterminal.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of a method for browsing network data accordingto the still another embodiment of the disclosure. As shown in FIG. 7,the method is operable on a device for browsing network data andincludes the following Steps 710 to 750.

Step 710: requesting for acquisition of network data, which includesthumbnail media data used for the thumbnail display of original mediadata.

Step 720: querying a server, on which the thumbnail media data arestored, whether data amount information of the corresponding originalmedia data that is bound with the thumbnail media data is stored on theserver; and if the data amount information is not stored on the server,performing Step 730; otherwise, performing Step 740.

Step 730: when the data amount information is not stored on the server,acquiring the thumbnail media data and the address information of theoriginal media data corresponding to the thumbnail media data, acquiringthe data amount information of the original media data according to theaddress information, and then performing Step 750.

Specifically, in this Step 730, the data amount information may beacquired by the information acquiring server 63 as shown in FIG. 6, orbe acquired by the terminal directly according to the addressinformation.

Step 740: when the data amount information is stored on the server,acquiring the thumbnail media data, as well as the data amountinformation of the original media data that is bound to the thumbnailmedia data in advance.

Step 750: displaying the thumbnail media data and the data amountinformation.

In this embodiment, the terminal queries the server stored with thethumbnail media data (for example, the network data server 32 in FIG. 3)whether the data amount information of the original media data that isbound with the thumbnail media data is stored on the server; and if thedata amount information of the original media data is stored on theserver, the data amount information may be directly acquired; otherwise,if the data amount information of the original media data is not storedon the server, the address information is acquired and then the fileinformation is acquired according to the address information, so thatthe data amount information of the original media data is acquired.Therefore, in this embodiment, when the data amount information isstored on the network data server, the data amount information may beacquired rapidly; and when the bound data amount information is notstored, the data amount information can still be acquired, so that acompromise is made between speed and applicability.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart of a method for browsing network data accordingto the yet still another embodiment of the disclosure. As shown in FIG.8, the method is operable on a device for browsing network data andincludes the following Steps 810 to 860.

Step 810: requesting for acquisition of network data, which includesthumbnail media data used for the thumbnail display of original mediadata.

Step 820: acquiring both the thumbnail media data and data amountinformation of the original media data corresponding to the thumbnailmedia data.

Specifically, in Step 820, the data amount information may be acquiredby the method related to any one of the above embodiments.

Step 830: displaying the thumbnail media data and the data amountinformation.

Step 840: estimating a network transmission speed.

Specifically, the network transmission speed may be estimated accordingto the speed of downloading a part or all of the network data, or thenetwork transmission speed may be estimated according to the networkstatus (for example, the wireless signal strength) at the current momentor in a preset time period. It may be understood by one skilled in theart that, any method for estimating the network transmission speed onthe terminal side may be applicable to this step.

Step 850: calculating download time taken for downloading the originalmedia data according to the data amount information and the networktransmission speed.

After acquiring the data amount information of the original media dataand estimating the network transmission speed, the download time takenfor downloading the original media data may be calculated easilyaccording to both of the data amount information of the original mediadata and the estimated the network transmission speed.

Step 860: displaying the download time.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, the download time may be displayedtogether with the thumbnail and the data amount information displayed inthe above Step 840.

It may be understood by one skilled in the art that, in this embodiment,Steps 840 to 860 may be performed after Step 830. However, thearrangement of the steps in the method to implement the acquiring anddisplaying of the download time is not limited to the case as describedabove, and Steps 840 to 860 may be performed after Step 820 and inparallel with Step 830; or, Step 840 may be performed before or inparallel with Step 820, and at the same time, Step 850 is performedafter Step 820, while Step 860 and Step 830 may be performedconcurrently.

In this embodiment, an estimated download time taken for downloading theoriginal media data may be shown to the user by acquiring the networktransmission speed and then estimating the download time taken fordownloading the original media data, so that the user may make a morereasonable selection according to the network connection status, and thetraffic of the Internet terminal may be further saved.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a device for browsing network dataaccording to a further embodiment of the disclosure. As shown in FIG.10, the device for browsing network data 100 includes a requesting unit101, an acquiring unit 102 and a displaying unit 103.

The requesting unit 101 is configured to request for acquisition ofnetwork data, which includes thumbnail media data used for the thumbnaildisplay of original media data. The acquiring unit 102 is configured toacquire the thumbnail media data and data amount information of theoriginal media data corresponding to the thumbnail media data. Thedisplaying unit 103 is configured to display the thumbnail media dataand the data amount information.

Specifically, the network data may be web page data or micro-blog dataintended to be provided to a client for use. In a preferred embodiment,the original media data may be image data, and the thumbnail media datamay be thumbnail image data, which has a less image size and a less dataamount in comparison with the original image, to favourably reduce thetotal data amount of the network data and increase the network datareading speed on the terminal side.

In another preferred embodiment, the original media data may be videostream data, and the thumbnail media data may be the thumbnail imagedata of the video stream data, where the thumbnail image data may beused to partially display the content of a certain frame of the videostream data; furthermore, the thumbnail image data apparently has anless data amount, to favourably reduce the total data amount of thenetwork data and increase the network data reading speed on the terminalside.

The acquiring unit 102 may be configured with different functionsdepending on the practical situation so as to be applicable to differentapplications.

In a preferred implementation of this embodiment, the acquiring unit 102further includes a simultaneous acquiring subunit 102 a, which isconfigured to acquire the thumbnail media data and the stored dataamount information of the original media data that is bound to thethumbnail media data in advance.

In this implementation, the thumbnail media data and the data amountinformation of the original media data corresponding to the thumbnailmedia data are bound and stored on the network data server stored withthe thumbnail media data, so that the terminal can obtain the dataamount information of the original media data bound with the thumbnailmedia data when acquiring the thumbnail media data via a presetinterface. The present implementation, which applies certainrequirements on the data stored on the network data server, is moreapplicable to a situation in which network data is provided by a serverdedicated for Internet applications, for example, a situation in whichnetwork data is provided to a microblog terminal by a server dedicatedfor microblog.

In another preferred implementation of this embodiment, the acquiringunit 102 further includes a data and address acquiring subunit 102 b anda data information acquiring subunit 102 c.

The data and address acquiring subunit 102 b is configured to acquirethe thumbnail media data and the address information of the originalmedia data corresponding to the thumbnail media data; and the datainformation acquiring subunit 102 c is configured to acquire the dataamount information of the original media data according to the addressinformation.

The present implementation, where the network data server for storingthe network data is not changed compared with that in the prior art, haswider applicability, and may be applicable to a situation in which a webpage is browsed via a network browser.

Another preferred implementation of this embodiment has more flexibleapplicability, where the acquiring unit 102 includes a determiningsubunit 102 d, a non-binding-and-storing processing subunit 102 e and abinding-and-storing processing subunit 102 f.

The determining subunit 102 d is configured to query a server storedwith the thumbnail media data whether the data amount information of thecorresponding original media data that is bound with the thumbnail mediadata is stored; the non-binding-and-storing processing subunit 102 e isconfigured to, when the data amount information is not stored on theserver, acquire the thumbnail media data as well as the addressinformation of the original media data corresponding to the thumbnailmedia data, and acquire the data amount information of the originalmedia data according to the address information; and thebinding-and-storing processing subunit 102 f is configured to, when thedata amount information is stored on the server, acquire the thumbnailmedia data as well as the stored data amount information of the originalmedia data that is bound to the thumbnail media data in advance.

In this embodiment, the terminal queries the server stored with thethumbnail media data whether the data amount information of the originalmedia data that is bound with the thumbnail media data is stored on theserver; and if the data amount information of the original media data isstored on the server, the data amount information may be directlyacquired; otherwise, if the data amount information of the originalmedia data is not stored on the server, the address information isacquired and then the file information is acquired according to theaddress information, so that the data amount information of the originalmedia data is acquired. Therefore, in this embodiment, when the dataamount information is stored on the network data server, the data amountinformation may be acquired rapidly; and when the bound data amountinformation is not stored, the data amount information can still beacquired, so that a compromise is made between speed and applicability.

Further in this implementation, an estimated download time taken fordownloading the original media data under an estimated network statusmay be further provided to the user. In the corresponding preferredimplementation, the device for browsing network data 100 furtherincludes a network speed estimating unit 104, a download time acquiringunit 105 and a download time displaying unit 106.

The network speed estimating unit 104 is configured to estimate anetwork transmission speed; the download time acquiring unit 105 isconfigured to calculate the download time taken for downloading theoriginal media data according to the data amount information and thenetwork transmission speed; and the download time displaying unit 106 isconfigured to display the download time.

In this implementation, an estimated download time taken for downloadingthe original media data may be shown to the user by acquiring thenetwork transmission speed and then estimating the download time takenfor downloading the original media data, so that the user may make amore reasonable selection according to the network connection status,and the traffic of the Internet terminal may be further saved.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the disclosure, the data amountinformation of the original media data is acquired and both the dataamount information and the thumbnail media data are displayed for auser, so that the user of an Internet terminal may be aware of therelevant information of the original media data, to reduce unnecessarydata acquiring operations of the user, thereby reducing the waste ofnetwork traffic and prolonging the standby time of the Internetterminal.

An embodiment of the disclosure further provides a storage mediumcontaining computer-executable instructions, which, when executed by acomputer processor, are configured to perform steps of:

requesting for acquisition of network data, which includes thumbnailmedia data used for the thumbnail display of original media data;

acquiring the thumbnail media data and data amount information of theoriginal media data corresponding to the thumbnail media data; and

displaying both the thumbnail media data and the data amountinformation.

Optionally, the acquiring the thumbnail media data and data amountinformation of the original media data corresponding to the thumbnailmedia data includes:

acquiring the thumbnail media data and address information of theoriginal media data corresponding to the thumbnail media data; and

acquiring the data amount information of the original media dataaccording to the address information.

Optionally, the acquiring the thumbnail media data and data amountinformation of the original media data corresponding to the thumbnailmedia data includes:

acquiring the thumbnail media data and the stored data amountinformation of the original media data that is bound to the thumbnailmedia data in advance.

Optionally, the acquiring the thumbnail media data and data amountinformation of the original media data corresponding to the thumbnailmedia data includes:

querying a server stored with the thumbnail media data whether the dataamount information of the corresponding original media data that isbound to the thumbnail media data is stored on the server;

when the data amount information is not stored on the server, acquiringthe thumbnail media data and the address information of the originalmedia data corresponding to the thumbnail media data, and acquiring thedata amount information of the original media data according to theaddress information; and

when the data amount information is stored on the server, acquiring thethumbnail media data and the stored data amount information of theoriginal media data that is bound to the thumbnail media data inadvance.

Optionally, the method further includes:

estimating a network transmission speed;

calculating the download time taken for downloading the original mediadata according to the data amount information and the networktransmission speed; and

displaying the download time.

Optionally, the original media data is image data, and the thumbnailmedia data is thumbnail image data.

Optionally, the original media data is video stream data, and thethumbnail media data is thumbnail image data of the video stream data.

Apparently, it should be understood by one skilled in the art that, eachmodule or each step in the above embodiments may be implemented via auniversal computing device, and may be integrated on a single computingdevice or distributed on a network consisted of a plurality of computingdevices. Optionally, the modules or steps may also be implemented viacomputer-executable program codes, which may be stored on a storingdevice and executed by a computer device; or, the modules or steps maybe respectively manufactured as an integrated circuit module; or, aplurality of modules or steps thereof may be embodied as a singleintegrated circuit module. Therefore, the disclosure is not limited toany specific combination of hardware and software.

The above embodiments are not intended to limit the disclosure, and forone skilled in the art, various modifications and variations may be madeto the disclosure. Therefore, all modifications, equivalentsubstitutions and improvements made without departing from the conceptand principles of the disclosure should be contemplated by theprotection scope of the disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for browsing network data, which isoperable on a device for browsing network data, wherein the methodcomprises: requesting for acquisition network data which includesthumbnail media data used for a thumbnail display of original mediadata; acquiring the thumbnail media data and data amount information ofthe original media data corresponding to the thumbnail media data by:querying a server, on which the thumbnail media data is stored, whetherthe data amount information of the corresponding original media datathat is bound to the thumbnail media data is stored on the server; whenthe data amount information is not stored on the server, acquiring thethumbnail media data and address information of the original media datacorresponding to the thumbnail media data and acquiring the data amountinformation of the original media data according to the addressinformation; and when the data amount information is stored on theserver, acquiring the thumbnail media data and the stored data amountinformation of the original media data that is bound to the thumbnailmedia data in advance; and displaying the thumbnail media data and thedata amount information.
 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:estimating a network transmission speed; calculating download time takenfor downloading the original media data according to the data amountinformation and the network transmission speed; and displaying thedownload time.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein, the original mediadata is image data, and the thumbnail media data is thumbnail imagedata.
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein, the original media data isvideo stream data, and the thumbnail media data is thumbnail image dataof the video stream data.
 5. A device for browsing network data,comprising: a requesting unit, configured to request for acquisitionnetwork data which includes thumbnail media data used for a thumbnaildisplay of original media data; an acquiring unit, configured to acquirethe thumbnail media data and data amount information of the originalmedia data corresponding to the thumbnail media data, wherein theacquiring unit comprises: a determining subunit, configured to query aserver, on which the thumbnail media data is stored, whether the dataamount information of the corresponding original media data that isbound to the thumbnail media data is stored on the server; anon-binding-and-storing processing subunit configured to, when the dataamount information is not stored on the server, acquire the thumbnailmedia data and address information of the original media datacorresponding to the thumbnail media data, and acquire the data amountinformation of the original media data according to the addressinformation; and a binding-and-storing processing subunit configured to,when the data amount information is stored on the server, acquire thethumbnail media data and the stored data amount information of theoriginal media data that is bound to the thumbnail media data inadvance; and a displaying unit, configured to display the thumbnailmedia data and the data amount information.
 6. The device of claim 5,further comprising: a network speed estimating unit, configured toestimate a network transmission speed; a download time acquiring unit,configured to calculate download time taken for downloading the originalmedia data according to the data amount information and the networktransmission speed; and a download time displaying unit, configured todisplay the download time.
 7. The device of claim 5, wherein, theoriginal media data is image data, and the thumbnail media data isthumbnail image data.
 8. The device of claim 5, wherein, the originalmedia data is video stream data, and the thumbnail media data isthumbnail image data of the video stream data.
 9. A non-transitorystorage medium containing computer-executable instructions, which, whenexecuted by a computer processor, are configured to cause the processorto perform a method for browsing network data, the method operable on adevice for browsing network data, wherein the method comprises:requesting for acquisition network data which includes thumbnail mediadata used for a thumbnail display of original media data; acquiring thethumbnail media data and data amount information of the original mediadata corresponding to the thumbnail media data by: querying a server, onwhich the thumbnail media data is stored, whether the data amountinformation of the corresponding original media data that is bound tothe thumbnail media data is stored on the server; when the data amountinformation is not stored on the server, acquiring the thumbnail mediadata and address information of the original media data corresponding tothe thumbnail media data, and acquiring the data amount information ofthe original media data according to the address information; and whenthe data amount information is stored on the server, acquiring thethumbnail media data and the stored data amount information of theoriginal media data that is bound to the thumbnail media data inadvance; and displaying the thumbnail media data and the data amountinformation.
 10. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 9, whereinthe method further comprises: estimating a network transmission speed;calculating download time taken for downloading the original media dataaccording to the data amount information and the network transmissionspeed; and displaying the download time.
 11. The non-transitory storagemedium of claim 9, wherein, the original media data is image data, andthe thumbnail media data is thumbnail image data.